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The Venezuelan Government has ordered a series of measures against the main
opposition party, which disputes the
narrow victory of President Nicolás Maduro, blaming them for deadly
protests and ever-worsening electricity blackouts.

The Government has ordered the army to protect power plants from “saboteurs,”
a clear reference to the opposition, whom the President has accused of being
fascists in league with America to assassinate him.

In addition, the Chavista-controlled parliament has set up an inquiry into
Henrique Capriles, the opposition leader, blaming him for the deaths of nine
people in protests against Mr Maduro’s razor-thin victory this month.